What is the Clean India Campaign?

What is a clean India campaign is a question that is being asked by millions of people today. These include not only Indians, but also foreigners, who traditionally regard India as a dirty country with unsanitary living conditions. The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently launched a campaign for a clean India with a lot of noise in the capital Delhi. He deliberately chose October 2nd as the start date of the campaign, the date of birth of the father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi. He remembered poignantly the virtue of cleanliness that was so dear to Mahatma Gandhi and called on all Indians to join him in this movement to clean up India. The campaign is called Swachch Bharat and it aims to make every place in India clean and hygienic.

Massive support for this Prime Minister's Clean India Initiative

When the campaign launched on October 2, 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Gandhi said that cleanliness is a virtue that we should all cultivate. He went to a colony inhabited by plumbing workers and took a broom himself to clean a public place. He said that if Indians could fight a battle against British rule and win independence from them, then if every Indian is committed to keeping their surroundings clean and healthy, winning the battle against poor sanitation is a tiny task. The 150th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi would fall in 2019 and Modi urged Indians to rid India of filth and poor sanitation in order to truly pay tribute to the father of the nation for whom cleanliness was divinity. Mahatma Gandhi, he said, is an ardent advocate of cleanliness and public hygiene, and by ridding India of unsanitary conditions and keeping it clean, we Indians can truly pay tribute to the Father of the Nation.

Cleanliness is a virtue that we should all cultivate

On that occasion, Modi said that there are many people who think that talking about cleanliness and hygiene is a very small thing for the country's prime minister. For him, however, it is of great importance to make the country clean and hygienic, as this is important not only for the health and hygiene of the people of the country, but also to get a good and clean image of the country in the minds of the tourists convey who come to India.

Modi was a passionate advocate of cleanliness

Clean India or Swachch Bharat is a prime minister's favorite slogan. In all of his campaign speeches, as well as in his Independence Day speech delivered from the Red Fort on August 15 this year, he has spoken of his passion for clearing India of poor sanitation and filth. His campaign received massive support from people from all walks of life. He has invited some celebrities and celebrities like Kamal Hassan, Sachin Tendulkar, Priyanka Chopra, ShashiTharoor to join his campaign. The aim of this campaign is to cleanse all places in the country by October 2, 2019, the 150th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi.

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